Ricardo Cuenca

Ricardo Cuenca is a Social Psychologist, PhD in Education from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain. He is Senior Researcher and, currently, General Director of the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP). He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia, where he is a member of the Faculty Council. He is also a founding member of the Peruvian Educational Research Society (SIEP). He is member of the Advisor Committee at the Organization of the Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and member of the Technical Council of Guidelines and Regulations of the National Institute of Educational Evaluation (INEE) of Mexico. He is a member of the Latin-American Academic Network on Teaching Work (REDESTRADO). He is member of the Ibero-American Scientific Council of the Ibero-American Electronic Magazine on Quality, Efficiency and Change in Education (REICE) and Scientific Council of the International Journal of Education for Social Justice (REIJS). He is also member of the Board of Equity & Excellence in Education, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

He was a member of the National Educational Council in Peru, former President of the Peruvian Educational Research Society and former President of the Peruvian Educational Civil Society Forum. He was coordinator of the research component of the Regional Policy Program for the Teaching Profession of the Education Regional Office of Education of UNESCO for Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC) and former coordinator of the German Cooperation Education Program in Peru (PROEDUCA-GTZ).

His main lines of research are developed in comparative educational reforms and policies. It mainly investigates issues related to the links between education and politics, between higher education and social inclusion and the teaching issues. He has received research grants from the Latin American Observatory of Inequality of the University of Miami, the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Ford Foundation. (FF). The latest studies on the subject of teaching include the report on “The teaching issue in Latin America and the Caribbean” for the meeting of Ministers of Education organized by the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (ORELAC) and the report on “The state of educational policies in Peru” for the Inter-American Dialogue. Currently, he leads two research projects: “The return of the political”. Education and democracy in Latin America” and “Lives of the market. Social images of success and entrepreneurial culture in Lima”.

He has advised educational programs the Ministry of Education of Panama on the design of good performance frameworks for teachers, directors and supervisors. Also at the Ministry of Education of Ecuador, in evaluation of the Teaching Mentoring Program and at the Ministry of Education of Honduras, in the design of a National Teacher Training Plan. Also at the Ministry of Education of Guatemala on the development of a rural secondary proposal (teaching component) and advising the Intercultural Indigenous University of the Indigenous Fund in Bolivia in the design of the Monitoring and Follow-up System for Graduates. He has been a consultant at the OECD, IDB and GIZ.

He has received research grants from the Ford Foundation, the International Development Research Centre from Canada, the Latin-American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and the Latin American Observatory of inequality from the University of Miami. His articles and books have been published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, USA and Peru. Among his most recent publications are: